Vast tracts of our most treasured public lands, supposedly set aside in perpetuity for Americans, are no longer controlled by the United States government. Instead, they have been invaded and taken over by Mexicos violent criminal drug organizations to grow marijuana.

Even more shocking: Mexican cartels have been growing marijuana for at least 10 years in Sequoia National Park, one of the crown jewels of the system. Nature-loving hikers are compelled to accept that parts of Sequoia are "no go zones" during the growing season.

These Mexican marijuana messes are an ecological disaster. They are not innocent little plots that leave a minimal footprint. They are industrial grow sites, toxic stews where the gangsters use dangerous and illegal chemical herbicides, pesticides and growth hormones that result in long-lasting environmental damage....The Mexican gangsters (who are often illegal aliens) routinely cut down trees, divert streams with systems of PVC pipe and poach wildlife for food....

In addition to the pollution, there is the danger to hikers of wandering into a booby-trapped pot grove guarded by Mexican thugs with full-auto weapons. Several law enforcement officers have been injured in altercations with growers. No hiker has been killed  yet....

Unfortunately, the environmentalists who should be defending the parks dont care that our natural heritage icons have been invaded and despoiled. The flagship green organization, the Sierra Club, has said that it has "other priorities."

The Sierra Club was once a stalwart non-partisan defender of the planet and enemy of pollution....

Interestingly, an October 9 article in the Santa Barbara Independent nailed the current nature of the Sierra Club by characterizing it as "a left-leaning organization that focuses on environment and nature conservation issues."[Sierra Club, PUEBLO Announce Endorsements, By Jenny Pedersen and Shannon Switzer] That description is perhaps more polite than calling Clubbers "socialists in hiking boots" ...

In order to build a bigger left wing (with help from puppetmaster moneybags George Soros), the Sierra Club has moved in recent years to partnership with Open-Borders extremists. Speaking out against Mexican criminals poisoning our protected lands doesnt fit with the organizations current politics.

...the Sierra Club has been deeply engaged in fighting against the US-Mexico border fence, despite the tons of trash left every year by illegal crossers. Obviously, the environmentally appropriate position would be pro-fence. But the leading organization of the environmental movement has gone over to the dark side.

The Sierra Club cashed in its conservationist integrity when it secretly accepted a donation of over $100 million on the condition that the organization not mention massive immigration/population growth as being environmentally harmful. The donor, Wall Street investor David Gelbaum, stated, "I did tell [Executive Director] Carl Pope in 1994 or 1995 that if they ever came out anti-immigration, they would never get a dollar from me.

As a result of environmentalists corruption, no powerful voice prods Congress to stop Mexican crime syndicates taking over parklands...p>

Ifthe parks are to be saved from destruction by foreigners, far more policing will be needed. That might alter the basic nature of the parks, but it may be too late in the day to worry about that. Americas borders have been open for too many years.

As things are, probably it will take the death of an innocent hiker to convince Washington to do whats necessary and to do it soon.

They finally noticed. I knew at least 3 guys (not Mexicans either) with “fields” in Saguaro National Monument when I was in high school, that was over 20 years ago. Wide open spaces with no traceable deed are a great place for illegal activity, you probably won’t be there when the cops find it, you don’t own it so they can’t bust you that way, and unless you’re a complete moron even if they catch you walking into it you’ve got lots of plausible deniability.

The War on Some Drugs has pushed Americans to outsource their drug production to armed criminal gangs, and this is just a predictable result. Wouldn’t you rather people buy pot in the same way they buy cigarettes, openly and with taxes down at the corner store? Wouldn’t you rather deal with a guy like Al Gore, bragging about how he grew tobacco, than with a violent gangster?

As things are, probably it will take the death of an innocent hiker to convince Washington to do whats necessary and to do it soon.

With the incoming regime, it probably won't.

As an aside, it's interesting that the federal Drug War JBTs are AWOL on this as well. I guess they're too busy raiding the pot farms of white hillbillies in places like the hollers of Eastern Kentucky to have time to take on the wetbacks running them in California national parks.

I wondered why so many liberals were against the ban on concealed carry by those with concealed carry licenses in national park. Last summer it became a big deal when the NRA backed it and the liberals opposed it.

I guess the reason was they didn't want citizens to interfere with their drug supply.

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:16:08 PM PST
by Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)

"Unfortunately, the environmentalists who should be defending the parks dont care that our natural heritage icons have been invaded and despoiled. The flagship green organization, the Sierra Club, has said that it has "other priorities." "

OK folks...there's your "dedicated environmentalists". It seems their love of the environment stops at the business end of an AK-47.

I cannot believe this is going on in our own National Parks by people who are probably illegal aliens, and the feds just sit there. However, If you're a legal American and decide you want to hang a confederate flag on your own property, they're all over you like stink on s---.

Unfortunately, the environmentalists who should be defending the parks dont care that our natural heritage icons have been invaded and despoiled.

Of course not; they are leftists first and foremost. Environmentalist, gay rights activist, civil rights activist, etc., are just disguises worn by Marxists. Once they have won the struggle (and they may very well have won in this last election), the sheep's clothing will be discarded and the wolf will step out into the light.

For a while I was ambivalent re/ WOD. Not any more. Let “recreational” drug use proceed as people see fit.

However, no handouts for them. No health care for them. They get lung cancer from smoking weed? Tough. Their bad. They get sinus issues from too much blow? Tough. Their suffering is their own doing. They can’t hold a job because they are wasted zombies? Tough. They can live in a van down by the river.

It’s their life; far be it for the government to interfere.

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:24:37 PM PST
by henkster
(It's time for a conservative "long march through the institutions.")

Well you can see a 6 inch rock in your garden from a picture at least a year old if you live in one of the areas that gets photoed frequently. In my boring neighborhood where nothing exciting happens the Google pictures are missing 4 year old buildings. National parks are generally in frequent photo spots, and it’s not like these plantations are setup like cornfields in nice easily found rows. They plant a few here and there, and pot plants tend to get a color that’s pretty similar to the leafy desert plants they’ll be competing with in these areas. It’s not as easy as you think.

So why doesn’t some law enforcement agengy fly over these areas and just drop a few bombs on the areas? Wouldn’t have to use ground troops, just bomb it with somesort of a fire/high explosive bomb, everything would go swoosh, even the gangsters. We wouldn’t have to bother with them.

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:30:03 PM PST
by tillacum
(Let's find conservative veterans who really know how to fight for this country, next time.)

The Sierra Club was once a stalwart non-partisan defender of the planet and enemy of pollution....

Wrong! The Sierra Club, PETA, Greenpeace, etc., have always been Communist fronts! Their high-sounding purposes and slogans were always a lie. They care not about violence or the death of a hiker, they may even encourage it to scare people away.

Where is immigration and Homeland Security on this?

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:30:38 PM PST
by Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)

Mexicans my a%s! I recently visited my good friend in northern california (near Point Arena)He took me on a hike through the forest for several miles. We hiked up a beautiful stream about every 100 yards or so there were dams built of rocks and plastic sheeting with 12 volt pumps and plastic pipe running into the redwoodtrees where the pot growers have hanging baskets for their plants.Old car battries were everywere all the sites we saw looked abandoned trash, old clothes, cans, unbelivable.Later when we went into town he started pointing out to me all the local hippie kids with brand new four wheel drive trucks.He says that the local economy is very dependent on pot sales.

“Would you impose the same lack of medical care on tobacco smokers, heavy drinkers and the morbidly obese?”

In a heartbeat. We have to get away from this whole notion that we are “entitled” to “free” or heavily subsidized health care. The biggest reason that the Big 3 automakers are failing is health insurance for current and retired UAW workers. At closing time, go stand outside one of their few plants still operating and take a look at the labor force walking out. Out of shape, overweight, smoking, headed for the KFC buffet. You want to pick up the health care tab for that demographic?

As for healthcare in general, people need to take care of themselves and bear the costs. In fact, if they bear the costs, they WILL take better care of themselves. We all have car insurance, but we don’t turn in the bill for a routine oil change to the insurance company. Health care should be NO different. In fact, if people are picky about the costs of care, they can use the free market to drive down prices and bring in efficiency.

Yep, smokers reap what they sow. They can smoke all they want, and pay all they can for the result.

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:47:19 PM PST
by henkster
(It's time for a conservative "long march through the institutions.")

Strange but true: Homeland Security doesn’t have the legal authority here. In the case of national parks, it is the Department of Interior, and in the case of national forests, it is the Department of Agriculture.

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posted on 11/14/2008 12:55:39 PM PST
by 3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours.)

Cartels in the forest with assault rifles? In NM varmints can be shot on site. Another wonderful thing about the Remington 700,,, doesn’t eject casings. Remember, leave the forest clean as you found it,,dont litter!

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posted on 11/14/2008 1:05:54 PM PST
by DesertRhino
(Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)

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